Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, pays a visit to fulfill a promise he'd made to former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro on his 88th birthday.

President Nicolás Maduro said a little bird told him that the former president is "happy and full of love."

The trial of radical opposition Leopoldo Lopez started today, five months after having been arrested for allegedly inciting violence.

Corina Machado is one of seven opposition voices which have been subpoenaed in connection with an alleged plot to kill Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

Those subpoenaed include opposition lawmaker María Corina Machado and the editor of an opposition newspaper.

The opposition says it opposes any US sanctions which would impact the Venezuelan public.

Supporters of the conservative Popular Will party leader say he should be freed and charges dropped. The Venezuelan attorney general's office will decide today whether to release him as he faces trial.

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez appeared for a second time in court on Monday in Caracas.

Several top lawmakers say some e-mails are proof that the former opposition lawmaker sought the president’s assassination.

This sous vide pulled pork arepas recipe has us reimagining the ways we think about the Latin food we cook at home.

University professors said they were holding a 24-hour walkout in support of students' right to protest.

Luscinhi was a longtime congressman and Democratic Action party leader who served as president from 1984-1989.

The secretary of state warned that protesters could soon return to the streets and made reference to sanctions legislation moving through the Senate.

Education and trade is said to be at the top of the agenda during John Kerry's trip to Mexico.

Talks between an opposition coalition and the government appear to be reviving, but the main points of discussion might still be non-negotiable.

Venezuela's opposition has repeated several demands and asserting a few new ones before it agrees to return to negotiations with the government.

Correa said during a visit to Chile that "economic errors" had been made by the Maduro administration.

Maduro blamed "pressures coming from Miami ... and the power of money from the extremist lobby of the Tea Party" for the opposition's decision to suspend talks on several key issues.

Venezuela's opposition has suspended talks on key issues, citing insufficient progress.

"Now they're going around with their stupidities saying they're going to sanction us," Maduro said of Congress.

In a pre-dawn raid, federal police cleared barricades set up by opposition protesters. One policeman was killed after being shot in the neck.

The State Department will brief a Senate committee on the matter; the House will soon finalize a sanctions bill.

Cabello said his US visa was revoked after a former Air Force official accused him of contributing money to Osama bin Laden.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has rejected claims by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the country is facing "insurgents."

Venezuela's repression of it's citizens has been called "systemic" by José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch in a new report.

It's the second minimum wage hike in 2014 in Venezuela, where inflation hit 56 percent in 2013.

Venezuela has paid tribute to the former revolutionary and president of the Municipal Council of Caracas, Eliécer Otaiza, who was murdered last Saturday.

Vargas Llosa visited Caracas this week to attend a conference held by a free-market think tank.

The 78-year-old Nobel laureate has written several novels which deal with the nature of dictatorships, including "The Feast of the Goat" and "Conversation in the Cathedral."

Pope Francis has delivered a sermon at the Vatican calling for peace across the earth in conflicts "small or great, old or new."